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I'll say this much for the breezy but dispiriting musical romance Yesterday: It has a clever conceit that it doesn't make the mistake of trying to explain. What explanation could there be for how The Beatles suddenly vanished from history, leaving behind only one lonely fan who remembers some of the greatest rock 'n' roll songs ever written? Like a lot of surreal comic fantasies, the movie just invites you to shrug and go along with its cheerfully ridiculous premise.

Things are looking bright for pessimists these days — the world has caught up with their sense of gloom. Well over half of those living in the developed world think their countries are heading in the wrong direction, away from the prosperity and stability that people over age 40 once took for granted.

Border Patrol agents say they're struggling to care for large groups of migrant families who turn themselves in after crossing at remote stretches of the southern border.

While raising her young daughter as a single mother, Stephanie Land cleaned houses through an agency to scrape by. It was back-aching work and the pay — $8.55 an hour to start; $9.25 an hour two years in — just wasn't enough.

Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Agatha Christie's first novel featuring fictional detective Hercule Poirot.

An acutely observant crime-solver in the tradition of Sherlock Holmes, Poirot has since been played on screen by such actors as Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov and, most famously, David Suchet, who starred in Poirot, a lengthy series presented in the U.S.

Gilroy, Calif., is known as the garlic capital of the world. And two policies of the Trump administration — one on trade, the other on immigration — are having a mixed impact on this agricultural community south of San Francisco.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. City officials in Venice, Italy, know there can be too much of a good thing.

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Not so long ago, the Pakistani port city of Karachi was known as a violent place - gang wars, the Taliban, and Sunni extremists targeting Shiites.

India says its fighter jets crossed a disputed border before dawn Tuesday into neighboring Pakistan, conducting airstrikes on a militant training camp and killing "a very large number of terrorists."

Pakistan confirmed that Indian planes entered its airspace, by tweet.

President Trump is meeting with Democratic leaders in the Senate and House Tuesday morning to discuss the nation's infrastructure needs. It seems to be a rare moment of bipartisanship.

Drug companies sell themselves as healers. Now internal company documents are revealing just how much they knew about the addictiveness of opioids.

On the next Fresh Air - the internationally acclaimed maestro Yannick Nezet Segun, conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra and music director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Parents everywhere are tossing slices of American cheese at their babies' faces and recording the reaction. Those reactions range from surprise to tears.

On the next Fresh Air – We count down to the Academy Awards, and feature Terry’s interview with writer/director Paul Schrader.